Wolfgang Petersen , director of "Troy", "The Neverending Story", "Air Force One" and many other hits, died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 81 .
The announcement from a family spokesperson: the man died in his Los Angeles home in the arms of his wife.
Famous for directing world stars such as Clint Eastwood, George Clooney, Harrison Ford or even Brad Pitt , he achieved his first success in 1983 with two Oscar nominations for "Das Boot", a thriller whose plot takes place aboard a submarine during the second world war.
In 1984 he released his first film in English, "The Neverending Story", " The Neverending Story", an adaptation of a children's literature hit that tells the adventures of a boy who steals a novel from a bookstore, before being catapulted into the history of the book.
He then directed action and catastrophic films , including "In the line of fire", with Clint Eastwood and John Malkovich, and "Alert", which chronicles the struggle of the American authorities against a very virulent virus, with Dustin Hoffmann. And again "Air Force One". "Even though the script was thrilling and incredibly intense, I remember a lot of laughs, especially during the scenes around the huge table in the War Room," said actress Glenn Close of filming the latest film.
Among his latest works "Troy", from 2004, an adaptation of the Iliad with Brad Pitt in the role of Achilles.
(Unioneonline / vl)
